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A Probable Cattle-Handling Settlement in the Windrush Valley, Oxfordshire: A Brief Summary of 25 Years Work at Gill Mill Quarry, Ducklington and South Leigh

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 May 2016

Paul Booth
Paul Booth*
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Oxford Archaeology [email protected]
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Abstract

Extensive long-term excavations at Gill Mill revealed polyfocal floodplain settlement of middle Iron Age date, one area continuing in occupation into the early/mid-third century a.d. Elsewhere a nucleated site of c. 10 ha developed de novo from the early second century around a network of minor roads. Characterised by extensive systems of enclosures and limited structural evidence (but probably including a shrine), this settlement, occupied up to about a.d. 370, is interpreted as concerned principally with cattle management and marketing, perhaps with a partly seasonal population base.

Keywords

Gill MillUpper Thames valleynucleated rural settlementcattle managementshrine
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Britannia , Volume 47 , November 2016 , pp. 253 - 261
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Copyright © The Author(s) 2016. Published by The Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies 

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